Smoking Ban Hurts Poker Machines
April 30, 2008
According to numbers from the NSW Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing turnover on poker machines dropped by around 20 percent in March in hotels, and some are pointing their fingers at the ban on smoking indoors as the culprit. Some are predicting “catastrophic consequences” for the poker machine industry thanks to the ban. The figures further show a steady drop in poker machine play during the time from July of 2007 (when the poker ban was kicked off at 100%) through February…
Radio Station Challenges Listeners in Poker
April 30, 2008
A California radio station sent their crew to the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino Poker Room to test their might against their listeners in what they were calling the Poker Pro Showdown Throwdown. Jace Edwards and co-host Tank from KCLB-FM were joined by fellow DJ’s Jenn Brewski, Patrick Tish, and Mike Trash, who faced 45 players in a single elimination No Limit Texas Holdem tournament. DJ’s had prize bounties on their heads, which players fought for after paying a $50 buy in…
Swedish Tourney Ends in Jail Time for Organizers
April 30, 2008
A million-kronor poker tournament resulted in four men being charged by police. It turns out the poker event was illegal, and two of the four have been jailed so far. Around 700 people took place in the poker tournament, which resulted in two men getting six and eight months in prison…
Smoking Ban Hurts Poker Machines
April 30, 2008
According to numbers from the NSW Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing turnover on poker machines dropped by around 20 percent in March in hotels, and some are pointing their fingers at the ban on smoking indoors as the culprit. Some are predicting “catastrophic consequences” for the poker machine industry thanks to the ban. The figures further show a steady drop in poker machine play during the time from July of 2007 (when the poker ban was kicked off at 100%) through February…
Radio Station Challenges Listeners in Poker
April 30, 2008
A California radio station sent their crew to the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino Poker Room to test their might against their listeners in what they were calling the Poker Pro Showdown Throwdown. Jace Edwards and co-host Tank from KCLB-FM were joined by fellow DJ’s Jenn Brewski, Patrick Tish, and Mike Trash, who faced 45 players in a single elimination No Limit Texas Holdem tournament. DJ’s had prize bounties on their heads, which players fought for after paying a $50 buy in…
Swedish Tourney Ends in Jail Time for Organizers
April 30, 2008
A million-kronor poker tournament resulted in four men being charged by police. It turns out the poker event was illegal, and two of the four have been jailed so far. Around 700 people took place in the poker tournament, which resulted in two men getting six and eight months in prison…
Tournament Trail Q & A: Chris 'Genius28' Lee
April 30, 2008
At just 21 years old, Chris "Genius28" Lee has yet to make his mark in the live tournament scene, but he's not far off the radar, given his online résumé and reputation. Despite being a six-figure winning player in both online tournaments and sit-and-gos, Chris is…
Day 1 of the WSOP Circuit Event at Caesars - Las Vegas
April 30, 2008
The World Series of Poker Circuit made its second-to-last stop of the season today with the $5,000 buy-in main event at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. Most of the preliminary events had surpassed their expected number of entrants, but the main event failed to replicate last year's field…
James Mutchler Wins HPT Event at Majestic Star Casino
April 30, 2008
The Heartland Poker Tour celebrated a milestone yesterday when the last hand of its $2,000 event, held at Majestic Star Casino in Indiana, took place. With the conclusion of the event, which was won by James Mutchler, who won $180,000, more than $10 million has now been won through HPT events….
Poker Pro Gavin Griffin Answering E-mail Questions
April 29, 2008
Gavin Griffin recently made history when he took down the 2008 World Poker Tour Borgata Winter Open, which made him the first player to ever win a World Poker Tour event, a World Series of Poker event, and a European Poker Tour event, thus completing a historic poker triple crown. Those three…
